Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

New American Standard Bible

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

King James Version

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Holman Bible

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

International Standard Version

For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

A Conservative Version

For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.

American Standard Version

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

Amplified


For the poor will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.

Darby Translation

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

For the needy shall not be forgotten forever: the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

King James 2000

For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

Modern King James verseion

For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish forever.

NET Bible

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

New Heart English Bible

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

The Emphasized Bible

For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, - nor, the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.

Webster

For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

World English Bible

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Images Psalm 9:18

Context Readings

Celebration Of God's Justice

17 The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. 18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever. 19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.


Cross References

Proverbs 23:18

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalm 9:12

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Proverbs 24:14

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Psalm 71:5

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Psalm 72:4

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Psalm 109:31

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Luke 1:53

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

Luke 6:20

And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

James 2:5

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

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